Day 987

This always used to be a difficult day in the wait for Christmas. Worked very hard all day on FCALC; had just got the cell transfer routine working when I moved on to viewing an 8x16 section of a larger sheet. For some reason everything fouled up and it took several hours to discover the fault. Got on top of it now though.

In the evening watched Roger Cook hectoring sellers of quack medicines. Saw the news about the Russian attack on Chechenia. In the air-raid the reporter found himself next to the Chechen foreign minister, who gave an impromptu interview. 'Rossiya demokratikya' he said, gesturing upwards.